Ingvar Kamprad grew up on a farm, founded Ikea in 1943 at age 17, and died the 8th-richest person in the world.

STOCKHOLM IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a small-scale mail order business started on his family’s farm into a furniture empire by letting customers piece together his simple and ...

The company Kamprad founded at 17 grew into a multinational behemoth, with nearly 400 stores worldwide, almost a billion store visits per year and more than $36 billion in annual retail sales in ...

He was 91. A spokeswoman for Ikano Group, a finance and real estate conglomerate that Mr. Kamprad founded as part of Ikea, confirmed the death but did not give a cause.

STOCKHOLM (AP) – IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a small-scale mail order business started on his family’s farm into a furniture empire by letting customers piece together his simple ...

Ingvar Kamprad, who founded furniture giant Ikea, died at his home in Sweden, the company said on its official Instagram account. He was 91.

STOCKHOLM --Ingvar Kamprad, the Ikea founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday. Ikea Sverige, the chain's Swedish ...

Kamprad, who was 91, was the eight-richest person in the world according to Bloomberg, which estimated his net worth at $58.7 billion.

Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, after being presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Princess Victoria of Sweden at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Centenary Celebrations in London, on May 12 ...